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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

DIAPRAX OF ERROR: BETH MOORE & WAYNE GRUDEM BOTH CONTINUATIONISTS

    The self-appointed Southern Baptist pastrix/elder/prophetess Beth Moore, could easily identify with any charismatic, pentecostal, word of faith church, pastor and/or teacher/preacher. Even the neo-reformed personality pastors like Wayne Grudem, John Piper, Albert Mohler, Jr., CJ Mahaney and "reformed charismatic" denominations/fellowships such as Sovereign Grace Ministries, "Reformed" Presbyterian, etc. are continuationist to one degree or another. They do not believe that the "sign gifts" of the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues, healing, prophecy, words of knowledge ceased with the death of the apostles and the establishment of the early church. Concurrently, they believe in the continuation of modern day apostles and prophets that have authoritative (and sometimes non-authoritative per Grudem) revelations for us today.
    Wayne Grudem, although claiming to be "reformed", nevertheless has "allowed for" the possibility of the continuation of these gifts. This allowance is confusing especially when one considers that Grudem was an in-house theologian and apologist for John Wimber's Vineyard Church which is hyper-charismatic, and subscribes to "power evangelism", the belief that evangelism cannot be effective without "the stuff", i.e., displays of the alleged sign gifts. Grudem has also admitted that he prays in a "private prayer language" known and understood by him alone. Grudem as well as the rest of these continuationists are making the canon of Scripture fluid, i.e., adding to or subtracting from the words and original/in context meanings.
    All the continuationists are not to be trusted, despite their seeming orthodoxy at times. Error is sometimes hidden in massive amounts of truth. It is better to be willingly discerning like the Bereans than to be willingly ignorant. The leaven of error eventually rots the whole. Don't think you can make use of what seems good and leave the rest.
    Here Beth Moore becomes bolder in her assertion that she is hearing directly from God for your benefit. At the same time she maligns the so-called "religious extreme" of cessationism by both mischaracterizing cessationists and what they believe about miracles AND God's ability or willingness to perform miracles. This is a deceptive form of DIAPRAX, presenting the thesis and antithesis and selling the compromise as a "reasonable" position for you to adopt: